Irish climber Séamus Lawless fell because of a freak wind according to his friend and team leader Noel Hanna.

Shocking photographs have emerged of queues of climbers on Mount Everest.

The search for missing father of one and Trinity College Professor Séamus Lawless who had been missing since falling on Mount Everest nine days ago has been called off.

The search for Mr Lawless, from Bray, Co Wicklow has now turned into a recovery operation in an area known as the death zone where oxygen levels are very low.

Indian climber Ravi Thakar was found dead inside his tent on Mount Everest at 7,900m Camp Four in Nepal last Friday morning. Severe altitude sickness is being blamed for his death.

The search is unlikely to get back underway today as night falls on the mountain and the situation will be reassessed tomorrow morning

Mr Lawless had successfully scaled Everest along with the other Irish climbers and international mountaineers and sherpas.

Family and supporters have paid tribute to an 85-year-old Nepali man who died trying to regain his title as the oldest person to climb Mount Everest, as mountaineering experts campaigned for an upper age limit to attempt the daunting challenge.

While Aoibhín Garrihy was rehearsing for Dancing with the Stars, her husband John Burke was training to climb Everest. As he embarks on his journey, he speaks to Colm O’Connor from base camp. 

A helicopter has retrieved the body of a Dutch climber who died last week on Mount Everest and attempts are being made to recover the bodies of two other climbers.

An Indian climber has died while being helped down Mount Everest, just days after two others died near the peak.

Some 30 climbers have got frostbite or become sick on Mount Everest, in addition to two who died in recent days on the world's highest mountain, a Nepal official has said.

Climbers are making good progress on Mount Everest and the first group could reach the summit as early as Thursday, following two years of disasters on the world's highest mountain.

Nepal is considering placing age and fitness restrictions on people who want to climb Mount Everest.

If, like your correspondent, you suffer even a little from vertigo, then Everest (12A) should either be avoided entirely or watched from the front row.

Dan Fredinburg, a Google executive who described himself as an adventurer, was among those who died in the massive earthquake that struck Nepal.

The recent tragedy on Mount Everest has sparked an avalanche of bitter accusations among local Sherpas, Western climbers and others with stakes in the world’s highest mountain, writes John Hearne.

The Irish Seven Summits team has had to abandon its latest assault on the world’s highest mountain following the decision by Sherpas to withdraw their services following a spate of recent deaths.

Sylvain Distin could be in line for a return to action against one of his former teams tomorrow when Everton host Manchester City in the Premier League.

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of his historic conquest of Mount Everest, Edmund Hillary complained that legions of modern-day climbers were holding drunken parties at base camp and then scrambling to the summit on fixed ropes and ladders.

A helicopter that was flying to pick up climbers in the Mount Everest area crashed near the base camp today, killing a Nepalese flight attendant and injuring six other people.